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National Technical Assistance Center on
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

The OSEP-funded National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports was established to address the behavioral and discipline systems needed for successful learning and social development of students. The Center provides capacity-building information and technical support about behavioral systems to assist states and districts in the design of effective schools.

• PBIS Goals

• Partners

• Download a Brochure About PBIS

Newsletter Article:

Response to Intervention and Positive Behavior Support:
Brothers from Different Mothers or Sisters with Different Misters? (Sandomierski, Kincaid, Algozzine; 2007)

PowerPoint Presentations:

Response to Intervention Summit - December 2007- Keynote by Dr. George Sugai - Washington, D.C.

Response to Intervention Logic and Positive Behavior Support (Sugai & Horner, 2007)

Response to Intervention Lessons Learned (Sugai & Horner, 2007)

Evidence Base for School-wide Positive Behavior Support (Sugai & Horner, 2007)

• 15 page review of data supporting the case for School-wide PBS (pdf file) updated 10-10-07

Journal of Evidence-Based Practices for Schools Vol. 8, No. 1

• Establishing and Sustaining Statewide Positive Behavior Supports Implementation:
  A Description of Maryland’s Model by Teri Lewis-Palmer and Susan Barrett
• To order the Journal of Evidence-Based Practices for Schools click here

Website www.rti4success.org

March 2008

Click here to download the presentations and handouts from the 5th International Conference for the Association for Positive Behavior Support. Materials will be uploaded as they are received.

October 2008

National Forum on Positive Behavior Support

School-wide Positive Behavior Support: Integrated Systems for ALL Students 2008 National Forum for Implementers of School-Wide PBS sponsored by the OSEP Center on PBIS with support from the Illinois PBIS Network Save this Date For more information, visit October 30-31, 2008 Hyatt Regency O’Hare Rosemont, Illinois

Click here for more information

Thank you to everyone who sent suggestions for improving the www.pbis.org website. We have gathered all the information and we are currently using the data collected to redesign this website. We will continue to add new content in the online library section and keep you posted on upcoming events. Be watching for future changes. All yellow arrows will return you to the top of the page and the home button will return you to the home page. If you have any problems with the website, please email Laura Riffel.

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Building Inclusive School Cultures Using School-wide PBS: Designing Effective Individual Support Systems for Students with Significant Disabilities

Freeman, R., Eber, L., Anderson, C., Irvin, L., Bounds, M., Dunlap, G., & Horner, R. H. (2006). Building inclusive school cultures using school-wide PBS: Designing effective individual support systems for students with significant disabilities. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 4-17. Click here to download the article.

Reprinted by permission. For more information about the work of TASH, click here or call 1-800-482-8274.

NEW News at www.pbis.org

1. New Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support: Manual by Scott Ross, Rob Horner, and Bruce Stiller. Click here to download.

2. PBIS Video Page

All previous video clips are located in a new page

Total six video clips related to PBS are posted in the 'Video Clips' section under the 'Online Library.'
Click the link for direct access to the page (Video Clips)

Three new video clips were added in Nov. 8th.

• The Implementation of Behavior Instruction in the Total School
  provided by BRIC (The Behavior and Reading Improvement Center), The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Positive Unified Behavior Support: A Model of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
  The Behavior and Reading Improvement Center of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Presents
• School-Wide Reading Model
  The Behavior and Reading Improvement Center of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Presents

3. Check out our PBIS and the Law section. We just added a premier article through generous permission from Love Publishing. 6-12-07

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